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Abi Roberts | |
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![]() Abi Roberts, taken 2017. | |
Nationality | Wales, United Kingdom |
Alma mater | Swansea University Bristol Old Vic Theatre School Moscow Conservatory |
Occupation | Political commentator |
Abi Roberts (born 1 June 1970) [1] is a political commentator. She has appeared on GB News on numerous occasions. [2]
Roberts was born in Cardiff [3] and studied Russian and Italian at Swansea University. Additionally, she also attended the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School and later the Moscow Conservatoire.[ citation needed ]
She has appeared in a series of comedy sketch shows on the London stage and at the Edinburgh Festival. She has appeared in several satirical comedies, such as: Newsrevue, Eve Ensler's The Vagina Monologues and Jonathan Harvey's stage show, Taking Charlie.
Roberts has been a regular on the stand-up comedy circuit's major clubs since 2011 and has performed across the UK and the US. She has appeared as a guest comedian on several radio stations and appeared in the films One Under and The Honeymoon for Square Cat Films [4] and Bucketless for Sky Arts. [5]
In February 2016, she became the first UK comedian to perform in Russia. [3] She has made several appearances on GB News [6] [7] as well as Good Morning Britain . [8]
In June 2021, Roberts claimed that her agent dropped her for being a trans-exclusionary radical feminist (or TERF). [9] She is a Christian. [10]